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HardwareHeaven Extreme Member
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Virus warning: Sober at Christmas
"The idea of getting sober at Christmas may sound like a nightmare in itself for any hardened reveller set on a booze-fuelled yuletide but now that idea has a far more worrying double meaning - with the arrival of a variant strain of the Sober virus.
Sober.C is already doing the rounds intent on delivering a few surprises - and it doesn't care whether you've been naughty or nice. Major anti-virus vendors have upgraded the mass-mailing malware which will forward itself to email addresses stored on a victim's machine and the approach of Christmas may work in favour of the virus, increasing its impact. Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, said: "So far we are not seeing Sober.C in the same kind of number as some of out other infections this year but any virus which strikes over Christmas can become a real problem." New users, logging on for the first time, are most at risk according to Clark. "Any virus around Christmas will affect new users. An inexperienced user faced with a virus bearing email is far more likely to double click." Source: Silicon.com |
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2002
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People: don't be retarded and open e-mail attachments and everything will be OK.
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